User:Yukonjeff/Ross Video

Ross Video Ltd is a privately held Canadian company that designs and manufactures equipment for live video production. The company is best known for its video production switchers or vision mixers, which were the basis for the founding of the company. Current Ross Video product lines include openGear terminal equipment, SoftMetal video servers, the OverDrive automated production control system and the XPression character generator. Ross Video was founded in 1973 by John Ross, a pioneer in broadcast technology development and is now majority owned by his son, David Ross. The company’s products are used world-wide by broadcast television networks, cable TV networks, sports stadiums, live production companies and houses of worship. Ross Video headquarters and manufacturing operations are located in Iroquois, Ontario, Canada and research and development are carried out in Ross’ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada R&D labs.

Ross Video is the creator of the openGear terminal equipment standard, a standard terminal equipment platform for broadcast and production distribution and conversion equipment.